Kennedy High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kennedy swimmers dunk Cedar Falls

Stefan Kitsos won four events Thursday night while Brennan Urbi and Cade Schoenauer were triple-winners as Kennedy dunked Cedar Falls, 114-52, in a Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Kennedy.

Kitsos claimed the 100 butterfly and swam on three winning relay teams. Urbi captured the 100 backstroke and swam on two of the triumphant relays. Schoenauer won the 50 freestyle and also swam on two victorious relays.

KENNEDY 114, CEDAR FALLS 52

200 medley relay - Kennedy (Brennan Urbi, Stefan Kitsos, Alec Hanson, Cade Schoenauer) 1:47.73
200 free - Eamon McCoulough, Cedar Falls, 2:04.59
200 IM - Noah Burroughs, Cedar Falls, 2:15.17
50 free - Cade Schoenauer, Kennedy, 23.71
100 fly - Stefan Kitsos, Kennedy, 56.52
100 free - Noah Burroughs, Cedar Falls, 54.01
500 free - Clark Montover, Kennedy, 5:37.23
200 free relay - Kennedy (Stefan Kitsos, Logan Ruzicka, Tim Zange, Brennan Urbi) 1:34.97
100 back - Brennan Urbi, Kennedy, 57.26
100 breast - Keaton Block, Cedar Falls, 1:09.49
400 free relay - Kennedy (Logan Ruzicka, Cade Schoenauer, Stefan Kitsos, Tim Zange) 3:37.15

Hoover tops Kennedy 55-49

Zach Daniels had 14 points and Brendon Manning had 13 for the Kennedy boys basketball team in a 55-49 loss to Des Moines Hoover on Saturday at Kennedy.

The Cougars (1-1) trailed 14-10 after the first quarter, but Hoover went on a 16-6 run in the second quarter to pull away.

Chris King had 21 points with four 3-point goals to lead Hoover.

DES MOINES HOOVER (55): K.Edwards 1 1-2 4, Thomas 3 2-4 11, King 6 5-6 21, Lee 4 1-4 9, Desorian Theoford 1 0-0 2, Wilson 4 0-0 8. Totals 19 9-16 55.

KENNEDY (49): Daniels 5 2-2 14, Heisler 1 2-2 4, Murdock 1 2-2 4, Gardner 0 1-4 1, Manning 4 4-6 13, Girling 0 0-0 0, Wall 0 0-0 0, Techau 1 1-2 3, Diggins 0 0-0 0, Brewster 4 2-2 10. Totals 16 14-20 49.

Halftime – Des Moines Hoover 30, Kennedy 16. 3-point goals – Des Moines Hoover 8 (King 4, Thomas 3, Edwards), Kennedy 3 (Daniels 2, Manning).

Rashed takes 2nd at Keith Young

CEDAR FALLS – Jefferson’s Tavien Rashed took second place at 152 pounds at the Keith Young Invitational on Saturday.

Bettendorf’s Jacob Woodard pinned Rashed in 1 minute, 26 seconds in the championship match as the third-ranked J-Hawks finished sixth with 107 points.

Union won the tournament with 199½ points.

Kyle Briggs (132), Kelly May (182) and Dalton Kuehl (285) each finished third for the J-Hawks.

Kennedy was 13th with 72½ points. Ben Sarasin was third at 138 for the Cougars.

Team scores – 1. Union 199½; 2. Bettendorf 194; 3. West Des Moines Valley 149; 4. North Scott 131½; 5. Pleasant Valley 129; 6. Jefferson 107; 7. Cedar Falls 99; 8. Denver-Tripoli 97; 9. Don Bosco 96; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 92½; 11. Charles City 80; 12. West Des Moines Dowling 75; 13. Kennedy 72½; 14. Mason City 52; 15. Waterloo West 36; 16. Waterloo Columbus 25.

132 – 3. Kyle Briggs (J) 
138 – 3. Ben Sarasin (K)
152 – 2. Tavian Rashed (J) 
182 – 3. Kelly May (J) 
285 – 3. Dalton Kuehl (J)

Kennedy cruises over Pleasant Valley

BETTENDORF – Lela Sellers had 10 points and six steals as the Kennedy girls basketball team beat Pleasant Valley 41-34 on Saturday.

Stephanie Botkin had nine points and nine rebounds, and Sydney Hayden added eight points for the Cougars (3-1).

Carly Donahue had 12 points to lead Pleasant Valley (2-2).

KENNEDY (41): Dye 0 1-2 1, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 2 5-7 8, Sellers 2 5-7 10, Timmerman 0 0-0 0, Hellweg 1 0-1 3, Meier 1 2-4 5, Runels 1 2-2 5, Botkin 2 5-6 9. Totals 9 17-24 41.

PLEASANT VALLEY (34): R.Donahue 2, Paul 5, C.Donahue 12, Arthoter 8, Lindstrom 7.

Halftime – Kennedy 20, Pleasant Valley 17. 3-point goals – Kennedy 6 (Hayden 2, Sellers, Hellweg, Meier, Runels), Pleasant Valley

Joens blisters No.8 Cougars with 42

Iowa City High junior Courtney Joens had a bag of ice attached to her knee after Friday's game at Kennedy, but that ice was the only thing that cooled her off all night.

Joens was not merely hot against the Cougars. She absolutely sizzled.

Joens popped in eight 3-pointers and collected 42 points with a dazzling performance as the Little Hawks knocked off the eighth-ranked Cougars, 76-59, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game.

City High Coach Bill McTaggart thought the eight 3-pointers and 42 points were school records, but was not absolutely sure. She missed only one 3-pointer all night, going 8-for-9 from long range.

"She was just phenomenal," said vanquished Kennedy Coach Tony Vis.

Read more...

Kennedy swamps Burlington 56-14

BURLINGTON – Max Techau had 12 points to lead the Kennedy boys basketball team to a 56-14 season-opening win over Burlington on Friday.

The Cougars led 29-8 at halftime and went on a 27-6 run in the third quarter.

Burlington fell to 0-2.

KENNEDY (56): Daniels 1 0-0 3, Odom 0 0-0 0, Murdock 3 0-0 8, Gardner 3 0-1 6,

Kadolph 0 0-0 0, Bell 0 0-0 0, Techau 4 4-5 12, Krystofiak 0 0-0 0, Eberly 1

0-0 3, Brewster 3 0-0 7, Manning 3 3-4 9, Girling 0 0-0 0, Hall 1 0-0 2, Wall

0 0-0 0, Diggins 3 0-0 6. Totals 22 7-9 56.

BURLINGTON (14): Individuals not available. Totals 6 1-2 14.

Halftime – Kennedy 29, Burlington 8. 3-point goals – Kennedy 5 (Murdock 2,

Daniels, Brewster, Eberly). Burlington 1 (N/A).

Wiedemeier carries Kennedy to win

Alyssa Wiedemeier had a 383 series to lead the Kennedy girls bowling team to a 2,386 to 2,169 win over Xavier on Friday at May City Bowl.

Lauren Meyer had a 326 series for Xavier.

Kennedy (2,386) – Alyssa Wiedemeier 192-191=383

Xavier (2,169) – Lauren Meyer 326, Kayla Thompson 183.

Xavier boys top Kennedy

Caleb Miller rolled a 472 series to lead the Xavier boys bowling team to a 3,031 to 2,867 win over Kennedy on Friday at May City Bowl.

James Jambois led all scorers with a 490 series for the Cougars.

Xavier (3,031) – Caleb Miller 255-217=472

Kennedy (2,867) – James Jambois 266-224=490.

Linn-Mar girls crack top 10

It took new head coach Jaime (Printy) Brandt two games to steer the Linn-Mar girls basketball team into the top 10 of the Class 5A rankings.

The Lions (2-0) moved into the No. 9 spot in the new rankings this week by the IGHSAU. Linn-Mar was not ranked when the season began.

The Kennedy Cougars (2-0) remained No. 8 in Class 5A. The Xavier Saints (2-1) improved one spot to No. 13 in Class 4A.

Dowling topped the 5A rankings and Harlan led the 4A poll.

CLASS 5A

1. Dowling (2-1), 2. Southeast Polk (2-0), 3. Waukee (1-0), 4. West Des Moines Valley (1-0), 5. Iowa City West (3-0), 6. Johnston (3-0), 7. Ankeny Centennial (1-0), 8. Kennedy (2-0), 9. Linn-Mar (2-0), 10. Mason City (2-1).

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan (1-0), 2. Carlisle (4-0), 3. North Scott (1-0), 4. Western Dubuque (2-0), 5. Perry (1-0), 6. Ballard (2-0), 7. Sioux City Heelan (0-0), 8. Keokuk (3-0), 9. Davenport Assumption (0-2), 10. Indianola (3-0), 11. Waverly-Shell Rock (1-0), 12. Lewis Central (2-0), 13. Xavier (2-1), 14. West Delaware (2-0), 15. Pella (1-1).